Rostam, though, recalls his band’s humble early days of buying a minivan to go on tour, and learning the ropes of what it meant to be a band by handling every aspect among themselves. “It helped ...

Rostam Batmanglij deserves to be included in any discussion of this century’s most influential music producers. He spearheaded the sound of Vampire Weekend’s essential first three albums, blurring the ...

The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most ...

(CBS News) Raised in Washington, D.C., by parents who fled the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Rostam Batmanglij began his musical education at a young age, as a performer and a mixer of sounds -- gifts ...

In Rostam Batmanglij’s Echo Park backyard, past a wooden deck shaded by two trees sagging with grapefruits and avocados, is a small recording studio. When Batmanglij moved here, he filled the space ...

Because most of the queer stories we get to see in the world are still pigeonholed into being about coming out or dying, it still feels really great to hear or see art that's about queer existence.

Rostam Batmanglij photographed by Daniel Jack Lyons for W Magazine; styled by Tara Boyette. Batmanglij wears his own clothing. Rostam Batmanglij has figured out the headline for this article. It doesn ...

Rostam knows the power of a good saxophone riff. He announced he’d started producing for Haim with one — that uniquely infectious part on “Summer Girl,” a string of notes that are surely still echoing ...

In recent years, former Vampire Weekend multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij has worked with Haim, Frank Ocean, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more. “I’ve always been very good at helping other people ...